GORHAM, Maine -- The Bates College Bobcats scored twice in the
first half, then made the lead stand up to defeat the University of
Southern Maine Huskies, 2-1, in a college field hockey match Tuesday
afternoon at Paula Hodgdon Field.

The win improves Bates' record to 10-3 on the season with a game
on Saturday at Colby College still remaining. The ten wins are the most
by a Bates team since 1983. Southern Maine, which dropped its fifth
straight game, falls to 10-9 overall.

Sophomore Ginny Hurley (Revere, Mass.) gave
Bates the early lead scoring her team-leading ninth goal of the season
just 2:44 into the contest. Senior Kate Orellana (Middlebury, Vt.)
got what
proved to be the game winner with 16:01 left in the half when she knocked
in a pass from first-year forward Julia Price (Mansfield, Mass.).
The goal was set up by the swift counter attack of sophomore forward
Leslie Moser (Adamant, Vt.) up the right side.

Southern Maine got one back with just under 12 minutes left in the
half when senior Alison Drury (Canton, Maine) deflected senior
Kim Cochrane's (Biddeford, Maine) long hit from outside the
circle up past Bates goalkeeper Peggy Ficks (Washington, Conn.) for
her team-leading 14th goal of the season.

Both teams had some good offensive pressure, but few good scoring
opportunities in the second half. Ficks and USM sophomore Andrea Guerette
(Fairfield, Maine) each made key saves on the few good shots
each team had to keep the game at 2-1. Ficks finished the game with eight
saves while Guerette was credited with 10 stops.